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R. E. WHITMAN. Pad fOrSddle-Stirrups.

No. 222,556. Patented Dec'. 9, |879.

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ROYAL E. WHITMAN, OF NEWARK, JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF OF HIS RIGHT TO JOSEPH BALDWIN & OO., OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT iN PADS FOR SADDLE-STIRRUPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,556, dated December 9, 1879 application filed December 20, 1878.

i To all whom 'it may concern.:

Be it known that I, ROYAL E. WHITMAN, of Newark, -in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Riding-Saddles, of which the following is a specification.

The invention has reference to a soft-rubber pad applied to the foot-piece of the stirrup, to prevent the foot of the rider from slippin'g therein; and the invention consists in i providing the pad with a neck or projection,

which is seated and permitted to expand tightly wlthln a hole or recess in the stirrnp, so as to `retain the pad in place.

Figure l is a side elevation of a stirrup proy vided with myimproved pad, the bottom plate of the stirrup being shown in section Fig. 2,

- a face view of the under side of the pad.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A represents the stirrup, which may be of any ordinary or suitable form and construction, provided in the bottom with a recess or opening, they sides of which are, preferably, i11- clined or beveled outward, as shown.

aB represen-ts the elastic soft-rubber pad, adapted to lit within the stirrup, and provided on' the under side or back with a neck or projection, a, which is crowded into and permitted to expand Within the recess or hole in the stirrup, and which, consequently, retains Vits hold with such lirmness as to keep the pad in place. This arrangement of the parts permits the construction of the stirrup cheaply and in neat form, and permits the ready application of a new pad when the old one becomes worn.

I am aware that inelastic pads have been provided with necks seated in holes in the stirrup, the pads being also provided with upright arms and secured in place by rivets inserted through the arms; and I am aware that elastic cushions have been made of a hollow or concave form on the under side and retained in place by means of a continuous upright Ilange formed upon the edge of the sfirrup, and adapted to engage over the edge of the cushion. This plan, however, required the rounding tlange, what I do claim is As an improved article of manufacture, a solidrubber stirrup-pad having the neck or protuberance on its under face, whereby it is adapted Yto retain itselt'in place in a perforated stirrup.

ROYAL E. WHITMAN.

Witnesses:

DAVID MARTIN, REUNE J. D. DUNN. 

